Bottle-cap remover



J. ECKERT.

BOTTLE CAP REMOVEH. APPLICATION FILED sun-23.1919.

1,328,827, Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

WITNESSES.-

and shows abottle with cap thereon,

UNITED JOSEPH ECKERT, F DAYTON, OH IO.

BOTTLE-CA1? REMOVER.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan, 27, 1920.

Application filed September 23, 1919'. Serial No. 325,677.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOSEPH Ecknn'r a citizen of the United States, and resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Cap Removers, of which the following .is a escriptiofl, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, which form a part of my specification. I

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle cap removers, and more particularly to'that class. which may be adapted either to 'be screwed toa support or held in the hand of the operator.

The object of the invention is to produce a device for removing caps from bottles which can be attached to a wall or other suitablesupport, which is simple andinexensive to manufacture and in the use of which breakage of bottles, in theiprocess of opening, is materially lessened.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter fully described in the specification, illustrated in the drawings and more particu larly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification, Figure 1 represents a slde v ew of the device secured to a support and the removing device being shown, in solid parts throughout the drawings.

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lines, in engagement preparatory to-removing the cap, a portion of; the bottle being shown in dotted lines indicating the relative position of the bottle when the cap is r leased, Fig. 2 is a front viewof the device attached to a support; Fig. 3 a top view, and Fig. 4 a viewv from the under: side thereof. "Fig. 5 represents a portion ofthe end of the bottle with the cap removed; Fig. 6 a perspective broken view of the cap, and

7 a modification in w member is formed on the base member. Like reference numerals indicate corresponding In the said'drawings, l'represents a bottle of the type usually employed for bottlmg mineral waters, etc. the open end of which is capped withra metallic cork lined used for bottling downwardly to be pressed of the bottle cap 2, such as is commonly urposes, and which has a turned fluted flange3 adapted over a .bead 4:, at the open en the cap hich the fulcrum to retain the liquid therein; 5 represents a base member adapted to be securedto a support 6, which may consi t'of a wall, post or other fixture suitable for the purpose, or the base member may be of suitable form to be held in the hand of the operator, an overhanging arm 7 projects .from the face side. of the base member and is provided at its free end with a pair of circularly disposed inwardly inclined dependin 8-8' havingtheir lower e ges beveled for a purpose which will presently appear. The base member 5 is provided with notches 9 to receive screws 10--10,-by which the device may be secured to a support. The edge of the flange 3 extends slightly below the bead 4 of the bottle and to remove the cap it is inserted in the device as shown in Fig. 1, the lip members, 8-8 edge of the flanges'3, on the inside thereof,

with the face of the cap 2 resting against e head of the screw 10 which serves as, what the cap 3 to spring inward and the beveled edges of the lip members will simultaneously be forced between the said flange and the bead 4, whereby the cap will be forced from its grip on the bottle, which "may then be emptied of its contents, the lip members being so formed that they exert no pressure against the bottle during the operation, which is very simple and which can be expeditiously performed without danger o breaking or chipping the bottle, thus overcoming serious objection instead of utilizing the head for the performance -0 lip members to all other cap removers or bottle openers with which I am at 10", as being formed on the" fthefengaging the free be termed, a fulcrum member, and,--

be made ofa single casting its cost is reduced to a minimum.

It also will be obvious construction of my improved cap remover as above. described, may

that the details of.

be varied without departing from the principle and scope thereof, therefore, I do not wish to limit the invention to such exact description.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, in rigid combination, a base member adapted to be secured to a support and having an arm extending outwardly therefrom; said arm having a pair of inwardly inclined cap engaging members depending from the free end thereof adapted to engage the closure cap of a bottle, and a fulcrum member positioned on said base member adapted to engage the flat surface of said cap at substantially the center. thereof and to cooperate with said lip members to remove said cap from said bottle.

2. A new article of manufacture, comprising in a single structure; a bottle cap remover consisting of a base member having a fulcrum member and an outwardly extending arm provided at its free end with depending inwardly inclined lip members adapted to engage the closure cap of a bottle and to cooperate with said fulcrum member to remove said cap therefrom, said fulcrum member being positioned to engage the flat surface of said cap at substantially the center thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 16th day of September, 1919.

JOSEPH ECKERT. In presence of CLAIR RQ ROLAND, B. F. BURT. 

